it was made in cincinnati, ohio. this is cincinnati in the 1840s. now, the mark on it is an eagle. now, the eagle has been filled in with brown glaze, so you can't really read what's underneath that eagle. but it says "bromley, cincinnati". oh, my goodness. and the value of this is between, i would say, $2,000 to $3,000, probably around $2,800 realistically, something like that. what do you think of that? fabulous. (both laughing) did i tell you too much about it? no! (both laugh) woman: it's been in my family since about 1919. my father asked the buster brown company if they would send him a sign. it used to have prices of the shoes on it. male appraiser: little placards, right. but he knew that with the arms outstretched like this, it would be perfect for displaying the helium balloons that he sold weekends. in 1878, george brown had an idea to start mass-producing shoes and selling them. in and around 1902, it was richard felton outcault that came out with the buster brown comic strip with his dog, tige. now, two years later, they all get together. we've got george brown and out